Sunday, March 3, 2013

1962 New Famous Filipinos III (Rajah Soliman Definitive)

The third stamp in the New Famous Filipinos series was the 30s stamp picturing Rajah Soliman, the Muslim Rajah of Maynila at the time the Spanish forces first came to Luzon in 1570. The regular and official stamps were issued
on November 30, 1962.

ABOUT THIS SITE

I collect first day covers (FDCs) of the Philippines starting with the 1946 Independence Issue. I am attracted by the lovely designs of the Philippine stamps and the variety of interesting cachets produced for each issue. Many of the cachets are themographed (embossed appearance) and hand-painted.

The blog's organization is simple. Each stamp from 1946 and onward is described and FDCs are shown. At this stage I have not included non-philatelic usages.

Many collectors have low opinions of FDCs because they are "philatelic" items. What they don't understand is that it's the FDC cachet and not the FDC cancellation that is of significance. Dozens of different cachets were produced for some issues such as the Marian year stamp of 1954.

My goal is to go beyond the Third Republic period and show FDCs up to the 1980s. I hope that this blog inspires Filipinos and others to take up the hobby.